Notepad 7 is a Ribbon-Style Notepad for Windows 7
Last Updated on Sunday, 5 February 2012 04:39 Written by Alan Sunday, 5 February 2012 07:00
From time immemorial Windows has come with it’s classic Notepad app. Few users bother with it anymore, thanks to the proliferation of Microsoft Word and the free alternatives, both desktop and web based. There are also countless competitors to Notepad itself that provide the simple text editing, but a better interface and a few more options. When Microsoft introduced the ribbon interface to Office 2007, and now Office 2010, the original Notepad started to feel a bit dated.
Windows Notepad isn’t going away, though. There are still enough users who favor it’s simple design and interface to keep it around. There are also those Notepad users who want to get that more up-to-date feeling, and for them we found Notepad 7.
Notepad 7 brings the Office feel to the app with the ribbon interface that was introduced in Office and is now proliferating in Windows 8. It offers the same great functionality that was a part of the original app, including the ability to save files with a simple .TXT extension. Users can also customize the toolbar or move it around, and add the date and time to documents.
Notepad 7 is available for Windows versions, including Vista SP2 and 7. It requires .NET framework 4.0 to be installed on your PC. It doesn’t replace the Windows version of Notepad, but is a stand-alone app. To open a document with it, simply choose the “open with” option. It’s a free download from SkyForU.
Microsoft Increases Email Limit for Office 365 P1 Users
Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:27 Written by Alan Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:27
Microsoft launched Office 365 in 2011 after a lengthy Beta testing program. It’s designed to be the Office alternative for business professionals – where Google Apps hopes to get to as well. Microsoft has already been running Office Web Apps for individual users, which would be the equivalent of Google Docs. So far Microsoft has been very receptive to feedback from customers of Office 365.
Today Microsoft announced that they would be increasing the email limit for users of what they term the “P1 plan”. Previously users of this plan were limited to sending emails to 500 recipients per day, but beginning now the limit has increased by three-times to 1,500. If you are wondering why Microsoft would have this limit for Office 365 customers, while users of services like Gmail have no hard limit, then let Steve Chew explain:
“Recipient rate limits exist to discourage users from sending large volumes of unsolicited commercial email, commonly referred to as spam. These limits protect our online service from becoming a source of spam and, as a result of these protections, keep our customers’ email messages flowing. Datacenter enhancements have allowed us to increase this limit while maintaining the same level of protection.”
The email rate limit applies to both internal and external messages. However users can avoid issues by using distribution groups, which count as only one recipient each. For the moment Microsoft doesn’t have a solution for legitimate bulk email, like newsletters, and they suggest that users continue to use a third-party service.
For now users can visit Bulk Email and Daily Recipient Rate Limits to find out more about all of this. If you want a detailed announcement then you can visit the blog of Microsoft rep Steve Chew.
Microsoft Office OneNote Keyboard Shortcuts
Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 01:09 Written by Alan Sunday, 29 January 2012 07:00
OneNote has become one of the most popular and innovative apps that is included as part of Microsoft Office. Microsoft clearly loves this app as well because, despite it not being new, they brought it to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week just to show it off. While OneNote isn’t yet available for Android or iOS, although that’s coming, it’s one of the more popular items for Windows Phone. Aside from the mobile app, which has greatly popularized OneNote, the app is also available online through both of Microsoft’s web-based Office applications – Office Web Apps, which is part of Windows Live SkyDrive, and Office 365.
Like all Office programs, and most software in general, OneNote has an extensive list of keyboard shortcuts available for use in it. Most users require a few keyboard shortcuts to get by in their daily tasks, but there are probably very few who use them extensively. But those few we use tend to vary some from user to user and that’s why today’s software programs have such long lists of keyboard shortcuts built into them.
If you would like to take your OneNote use beyond the old standby’s like “Ctrl-C” and “Ctrl-P” then I found just what you need. The Office team from Microsoft have posted a comprehensive list of OneNote shortcuts. This list is worth browsing through for any average or power Office user. You can visit this site to view the shortcuts or, if you want a copy for yourself, we have both Word and PDF files for you to download. The links are posted below, or you can visit our Windows Resources page for these files and more.
OneNote Shortcuts (Word)
OneNote Shortcuts (PDF)
